Vice President JD Vance reportedly objected to being labeled “intellectual” – albeit jokingly – during a live event Tuesday that was hosted by a conservative think tank.
After welcoming Vance to the stage, American Compass founder Oren Cass said he was “in awe” of the work the vice president is doing “because there are politicians out there who are – they’ve just been politicians.”
“But you are someone who was an intellectual first,” Cass said, according to The Hill. “Some people don’t like the word ‘intellectual.’ But I mean it in the good sense of the term. You were writing for National Review. You were at the bar late at night arguing about and helping shape these ideas that you are now – “
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